Using our insight and expertise, we ensure the industry and its employees are equipped to secure a sustainable future where everyone has affordable, safe and reliable food and consumer goods. We do this, for example, through our digital services, training workshops, conferences, and our industry development...

IGD's Healthy Eating programme spans the entire food chain and has been co-created by IGD and industry. Working with and through companies, the programme will aim to encourage healthier eating in the UK.

For this year's IGD Glitter Ball, we're chilling out and raising the temperature, with 'Fire and Ice. Join hundreds of your industry colleagues at the Park Lane Hilton, for an evening of networking, fine dining and entertainment.

What channels make up the UK grocery market?

Hypermarkets: Large format stores that sell a full range of grocery items and a substantial non-food range. Sales areas are typically 60,000 sq ft+

Supermarkets: Defined as food-focused stores with sales areas of between 3,000 and 60,000 sq ft

Convenience stores: Stores with a sales area of less than 3,000 sq ft, which are open for long hours and sell products from at least seven grocery categories. Includes standalone forecourts with convenience stores

Discounters: Includes all sales through food discounters Aldi, Lidl and Netto and the grocery sales of the high street discounters such as Poundland and B&M

Other retailers: Includes stores with a sales area of less than 3,000 sq ft, typically newsagents, off-licences, some forecourts and food specialists, such as butchers and bakeries. This channel also includes the grocery sales of predominantly non-food retailers such as department stores

Online: Internet orders placed at grocers and online food specialists for home delivery and customer collection

Market data includes VAT and excludes fuel sales. All data is for calendar years.

Online grocery is growing fast, with different online models and retailers emerging globally

In this complimentary guide, we look at 10 highly innovative companies looking to change how people shop either in their own market, regionally or internationally, and give you five key action points to focus on

The discount channel is set to double in value over the next four years. This complimentary guide will help you understand the behaviours, motivators and intentions of shoppers who use food discount and high street discount stores.

Following significant portfolio investment last year, it is now implementing its new commercial strategy led by new commercial director Nigel Murray. Join us on 23March 2017 to understand this new commercial vision, the role of suppliers in delivering this vision, and Booths' short, medium and long-term growth plans.

This will be the first opportunity to hear from Sean Clarke and his leadership team about the changes they're making in Asda at the trade briefing in February. They'll share their key priorities for 2017 and beyond and what it means for your business.